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Skunk Weed

<p><i><b>Cleome serrulata</b></i> (syn. <i>Peritoma serrulata</i>) is a species of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome" title="Cleome">Cleome</a></i> native to western <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> from southern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, east to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, and south to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a> and northernmost <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. It is also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalisation_%28biology%29" title="Naturalisation (biology)">naturalized</a> farther east in North America.<sup id="cite_ref-bcflora_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-bcflora-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jepson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-jepson-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-usda_3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-usda-3">[3]</a></sup>&nbsp;</p>

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Its common names include <b>Rocky Mountain beeplant</b>, <b>stinking-clover</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> <b>bee spider-flower</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-ns_5-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-ns-5">[5]</a></sup> <b>skunk weed</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-lbj_6-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-lbj-6">[6]</a></sup> and <b>Navajo spinach</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup></p>